Darío Acosta Zurita
Mexican presbyter (1908–1931)
Feast: 25 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Darío Acosta Zurita (14 December 1908 – 25 July 1931) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Veracruz where he lived and was killed. Zurita commenced his studies for the priesthood after he had once been refused entrance and he became known as an athletic seminarian. Bishop Rafael Guízar Valencia ordained him in 1931 and he was killed three months later after gunmen stormed the cathedral – enacting the so-called Tejeda Law – and shot him dead.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Santi, beati e testimoni - BeatoDario Acosta Zurita — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: BeatoDario Acosta Zurita - Sacerdote e martire | Naolinco, Messico, 14 dicembre 1908 – Veracruz, Messico, 25 luglio 1931.
- Wikidata Q9201919 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Darío Acosta Zurita (CC BY-SA)
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